Program Payoff

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa. 4 certificate and associate programs, public. 4 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Iowa.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Apparel and Textiles Undergraduate certificate not published $66,390
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $87,690
General and Operations Managers
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $66,760
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Soil Sciences Undergraduate certificate not published $96,310
Soil and Plant Scientists

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.